The Volkswagen e-Golf – VW’s electric take on the ubiquitous Golf – is available for 48-hour test drives as VW push to get EVs accepted by car buyers. We do think VW’s headlong rush in to EVs is a risky move, one spurred on by a need to cut average CO2 and as an attempt […]
Volkswagen’s Dieselgate MEA CULPA – to a Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack
Volkswagen has delivered a new promotional video for the ID Buzz – called ‘Hello Light – admitting Dieselgate and underlining its new ‘Green’ direction. It’s been clear that Volkswagen has been on a mission since Dieselgate to transform its image as a maker of dirty and illegal diesel-engined cars in to a maker of everything […]
Volkswagen ID R Electric ‘Racer’ takes Nurburgring EV record
The Volkswagen ID R – VW’s electric ‘racer, designed to show what an electric car can do – has broken the Nurburgring record for an electric car. Now Volkswagen wants to be known as a champion of ‘clean’ electric, and not ‘clean’ diesel, it’s been going to some lengths to big-up the future of electric […]
Mountune launches new Tuning Brand for Volkswagen Performance
Mountune is expanding its reach from For tuning to take on Volkswagen tuning in partnership with US Wheel company fifteen52. Brentwood-based Mountune is renowned as the tuner of choice for performance hungry punters who want a boost for their Ford but without wrecking the warranty. But being a Ford approved performance fettler is clearly not […]
Volkswagen’s new electric car will be the VW ID.3 – and it’ll cost from £26k
The Volkswagen ID.3 is the first of VW’s new range of electric cars, arriving in 2020 and costing from around £26k in the UK. We’ve had plenty of teases and promises for VW’s new ID range of electric cars, but now we know for sure the firts out of the gate is the ID.3 – […]
Volkswagen Tiguan R SPIED at the Nurburgring ahead of 2019 debut
The Volkswagen Tiguan R – VW’s take on the Cupra Ateca – is spied on video at the Nurbrgring ahead of a likely reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Performance SUVs are quite the thing, with offerings from every ‘Premium’ car maker gobbling up remarkable sales. But is there a market for performance mainstream compact […]
Volkswagen ID Roomzz Concept ELECTRIC SUV revealed in Shanghai
Volkswagen has revealed the ID Roomzz Concept at the Shanghai Motor Show, a large electric SUV with sliding doors and 302bhp. If you hadn’t worked it out yet, Volkswagen is throwing its hat in to the electric car ring with a vengeance as it seeks to distance itself from the dieslegate scandal, and aims to […]
Volkswagen ID ROOMZZ teased as yet another electric VW with a ‘ZZ’ name
The Volkswagen ID ROOMZZ is heading for the Shanghai Motor Show previewing a new full-size electric SUV heading for production in 2021. No one can accuse VW of being half-hearted in their mission to move from ‘Clean Diesel’ to ‘Clean Electric’ in the wake of Dieselgate. We’ve seen an avalanche of fluffy-bunny electric car concepts from […]
Volkswagen Golf Mk8 launch pushed back to 2020 say German press
The new Volkswagen Golf Mk8 won’t arrive until 2020 say the German press as VW struggle to get the Golf’s new technology working. Volkswagen had planned to reveal the Golf Mk8 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the autumn, but that’s not going to happen, according to Bild, because Volkswagen are struggling to get the […]
Volkswagen now planning 70 full electric models across the VW Group by 2030
Volkswagen is now planning to deliver 70 fully electric models across the VW Group by 2030, accounting for 40 per cent of sales. As Volkswagen transitions from the grim reaper of diesel to a fluffy bunny future of battery electric cars, it’s now decided their current goal of 50 new EVs by 2025 is just […]